So is 6-max supposed to be this easy? (Half brag, half content)

[JKDStudent]

So I just finished 61 hands at the best 1/2 6-max table in the history of man. I think I saw two pf raises the entire time I was there (not counting mine), players folded to any aggression on the turn (or if the flop was scary), and NEVER played back. No, I'm sorry. That's not true. Twice people played back at me when they hit strong hands (top 2 and trips), and I made a better one by the river.

61 hands. 99.18BB/100.

So what kind of tears have you gone on?

Here's the content part: I hear over and over that 6-max is much more swingy. I have just short of 1,000 hands (a sample size not even worth mentioning, i know), but even without counting today's brief session, I'm at 5.8BB/100. I know part of that is running well. The thing is, I'm not sure how much.

When I heard that it was swingy, I took that to mean that with the extra aggression that one sees, your stack in any given session can swing wildly. I have not been seeing that at all (not counting today's session). At least no more than 1/2 full. Is 6-max's "swinginess" more longterm? As in I may be up a lot now, but there may be a 150BB downswing in my near future.

So... what should I expect as far as swinginess? Is 1/2 6-max simply that easy? Or have I just been incredibly lucky over the past 1,000 hands?

And yes, yes, yes. Small sample size. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Bradyams]

No, it is not that easy. Expect some fun 100 BB downswings, and hair-pulling variance.

[Shillx]

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No, it is not that easy. Expect some fun 100 BB downswings, and hair-pulling variance.

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He forgot to include the part that it will happen in the course of 24 hr. /images/graemlins/ooo.gif

Brad

Edit - And the fact that you can't fall asleep when it happens.... /images/graemlins/shocked.gif

[irishpint]

1/2 6max is really hard. you are probably the best poker player on the planet. it's cool to brag about this type of stuff. make a post after 10,000 hands please, not before. less than 1000 is nothing. sorry to tell you this post was pointless.

[JKDStudent]

Whereas I have yet to see you post anything not saturated with bitterness and hostility. Congratulations on being the first person to make my ignore list.

[RatFink]

Great session. It does however contribute to the definition of "swingy"

[bottomset]

yes the upswings at 6max are better than the upswings at full ring, but the downswings are bigger and more frequent

if you go through a 150BB downswing over the next 2k hands, you will be ~90BB in the red or ~ -3BB/100

30-60BB drops are very frequent(and 60BB would put you about breakeven)

yes its fun while running hot(I am right now at 3/6 6max) but you have to be prepared for it to get ugly

good luck maintaining it

[irishpint]

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Whereas I have yet to see you post anything not saturated with bitterness and hostility. Congratulations on being the first person to make my ignore list.

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yippie!!! as long as it means when you make posts about running hot and asking if you're the best ever they don't show up on the board, i'll be happy. thank you

[bboy303]

Just an fyi, after 1500 hands of .5/1 I was at 18BB/100. Yes, it came down to about 5BB/100 after 10,000 hands.

But I have to say the stars 1/2 game is even softer if you can believe it, although I'm "only" beating it for 3.3BB

[SomethingClever]

1/2 6-max is very easy and swingy.

I had a 300 BB downswing there.

[Abelardo]

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/2127/6max127ls.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[TomBrooks]

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61 hands. 99.18BB/100.
So what kind of tears have you gone on?

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My best session at 1/2 SH is 51 BB/100 for 71 hands.

I'm in the 90-something BB/100 on the dark side, (-92)BB/100 over 37 hands. That's -1.1 BB/minute or -.9BB per hand. /images/graemlins/blush.gif No biggie. I've got two -75 BB swings, but I only have 2.2k hands so far and the first -75BB swing was when I started playing and had no clue what I was doing. It can swing - just like any other game. Generally, I think it is more DonkTastic than 1/2 Full though.

[Catt]

6-max is very swingy. If you don't understand that now, you will eventually. I've dropped 100 BBs in several hours at 5/10 6-max. I've won upwards of 100 BBs in about 5 hours. Don't ever let yourself believe that the game is easy because you run well.

I've had the deck slap me in the face, too. Mine was 144/100 BBs over 41 hands.

Link (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=2617574&page=&view=&s b=5&o=&vc=1)

I've also played through a stretch of ~20,000 hands of basically break-even poker. The long run is really long. If you allow yourself to be elated now, you'll allow yourself to be devestated when you have a session of making monster second best hands. Don't do it.